US4485441A - Clerk share calculation in an electronic cash register - Google Patents

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US4485441A
US4485441A US06/311,272 US31127281A US4485441A US 4485441 A US4485441 A US 4485441A US 31127281 A US31127281 A US 31127281A US 4485441 A US4485441 A US 4485441A
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic cash register wherein transaction data is stored in the electronic cash register in the clerk by clerk fashion.
  • An administration system has been developed which determines a reward for a clerk by taking into account a predetermined share percentage and the amount of money registered by the clerk.
  • the transaction data is stored in a memory at a memory section assigned to each of the clerks.
  • the share calculation must be manually conducted.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic cash register which automatically calculates a clerk's share.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel control system in an electronic cash register.
  • transaction data is stored in a main memory in the electronic cash register in the clerk by clerk fashion.
  • a clerk's share percentage is preset for each clerk and stored in a percentage memory.
  • the transaction data stored in a memory section assigned to a specific clerk is read out for administration purposes.
  • the share percentage of the specific clerk is read out from the percentage memory to calculate the clerk's share.
  • the thus obtained clerk's share is printed out onto a read slip, thereby facilitating the administration operation.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional electronic cash register
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view of an example of a read slip issued by the electronic cash register of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an electronic cash register of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a read operation conducted by the electronic cash register of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of an example of a read slip issued by the electronic cash register of FIG. 3.
  • the electronic cash register generally comprises a central processor unit 10 for controlling the operation of the electronic cash register, a read only memory 12 for storing microprograms to be applied to the central processor unit 10 and a random access memory 14 for storing the transaction data registered through a key input panel 16.
  • the key input panel 16 includes numeral and function keys 18 for introducing the transaction data, a read instruction key 20 for instructing the read operation and for checking the transaction data registered in the electronic cash register for the administration purposes, and clerk selection keys 22A, 22B and 22C for identifying one of clerks.
  • the random access memory 14 includes a first clerk memory section 24A assigned to a first clerk A, a second clerk memory section 24B assigned to a second clerk B, and a third clerk memory section 24C assigned to a third clerk C.
  • the transaction data registered by the first clerk A is introduced and stored in the first clerk memory section 24A
  • the transaction data registered by the second clerk B is introduced into and stored in the second memory section 24B
  • the transaction data registered by the third clerk C is introduced into and stored in the third clerk memory section 24C.
  • FIG. 2 shows an example of the printout in the read out mode, which shows the turnover registered by each of the clerks A, B and C.
  • the clerk's share is manually calculated with reference to the read out slip as shown in FIG. 2. More specifically, the administrator manually calculates the clerk's share with reference to the turnover registered by a specific clerk and a predetermined share percentage assigned to the specific clerk. The thus obtained share is used to determine a reward for the specific clerk.
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the electronic cash register of the present invention. Like elements corresponding to those of FIG. 1 are indicated by like numerals.
  • the main feature of the electronic cash register of FIG. 3 resides in a preset system for presetting the clerk's share percentage for calculating the clerk's share.
  • a preset mode switch 32 is disposed on the key input panel 16 for placing the electronic cash register in the preset mode wherein an AND gate 34 is made conductive.
  • the clerk's share percentage introduced through the numeral keys included in the input keys 18 is applied to a buffer memory 36 and temporarily stored therein.
  • the electronic cash register of the present invention comprises a share percentage memory 38 including a first memory section 38A for storing the share percentage assigned to the first clerk A, a second memory section 38B for storing the share percentage assigned to the second clerk B and a third memory section 38C for storing the share percentage assigned to the third clerk C.
  • an AND gate 40A is made conductive to transfer the share percentage temporarily stored in the buffer memory 36 to the first memory section 38A, thereby presetting the share percentage of the first clerk A.
  • an AND gate 40B is made conductive to introduce the share percentage of the second clerk B into the second memory section 38B of the share percentage memory 38
  • the share percentage of the third clerk C which is temporarily stored in the buffer memory 36, is introduced through an AND gate 40C and stored in the third memory section 38C of the share percentage memory 38.
  • AND gates 42A, 42B and 42C are connected to each of the output terminals of the memory sections of the share percentage memory 38, respectively. That is, the share percentage stored in the first memory section 38A of the share percentage memory 38 is applied to the central processor unit 10 through the AND gate 42A and an OR gate 44 when the first clerk selection key 22A is actuated in the read mode.
  • the AND gate 42B is made conductive when the second clerk selection key 22B is actuated, whereby the share percentage assigned to the second clerk B, which is stored in the second memory section 38B, is applied to the central processor unit 10 through the OR gate 44.
  • the AND gate 42C is made conductive when the third clerk selection key 22C is actuated, whereby the share percentage stored in the third memory section 38C of the share percentage memory 38 is applied to the central processor unit 10.
  • a read mode switch 46 is disposed on the key input panel to place the electronic cash register in the read mode.
  • a read mode selection signal derived from the read mode switch 46 and the read instruction signal derived from the read instruction key 20 are applied to the central processor unit 10.
  • the numeral data and the operation instruction signals derived from the input keys 18 are introduced into the central processor unit 10 for registering the transaction data.
  • a preset mode signal derived from the preset mode switch 32 is applied to the central processor unit 10 in order to place the electronic cash register in the preset mode.
  • the central processor unit 10 performs various functions in accordance with the microprograms stored in the read only memory 12.
  • the central processor unit 10 is made with a ⁇ COM 87 manufactured by Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.
  • the random access memory 14 is made with a ⁇ PD 440D manufactured by Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. and the read only memory 12 is made with a ⁇ PD 7801 manufactured by Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.
  • the electronic cash register of FIG. 3 operates in the following manner.
  • the clerk's share percentage must be preset before initiating the registration operation.
  • the preset mode switch 32 When the preset mode switch 32 is actuated, the electronic cash register is placed in the preset mode and the AND gate 34 is made conductive. Under these conditions the share percentage assigned to the first clerk A is introduced from the numeral keys included in the input keys 18. The numeral data is applied to the buffer memory 36 via the AND gate 34 and temporarily stored therein. Then, the first clerk selection key 22A is actuated to open the AND gate 40A, thereby introducing the share percentage into the first memory section 38A of the share percentage memory 38.
  • the share percentage for the second clerk B is preset in the second memory section 38B of the share percentage memory 38, and the share percentage for the third clerk C is introduced into and stored in the third memory section 38C of the share percentage memory 38.
  • the preset mode switch 32 is switched off to terminate the preset mode operation.
  • the AND gate 34 is made non-conductive and, therefore, the transaction data introduced from the input keys 18 is applied to the central processor unit 10.
  • the central processor unit 10 controls the normal registration operation in accordance with the microprograms stored in the read only memory 12.
  • the first clerk selection key 22A is actuated. Therefore, the transaction data registered by the first clerk A is introduced into and accumulated in the first clerk memory section 24A in the random access memory 14.
  • the transaction data registered by the second clerk B is accumulated in the second clerk memory section 24B, and the transaction data registered by the third clerk C is accumulated in the third clerk memory section 24C in the random access memory 14 as in the case of the conventional electronic cash register shown in FIG. 1.
  • the read mode switch 46 When the administrator desires to check the merchandise conditions of each of the clerks, the read mode switch 46 is actuated to apply the read mode signal to the central processor unit 10.
  • the central processor unit 10 performs the read operation in accordance with the flow chart shown in FIG. 4.
  • the AND gate 42A is opened in order to introduce the share percentage stored in the first memory section 38A of the share percentage memory 38 into the central processor unit 10 through the OR gate 44.
  • the thus introduced share percentage data is temporarily stored in the central processor unit 10.
  • the read instruction key 20 is actuated to initiate the read operation.
  • the central processor unit 10 functions to read out the transaction data accumulated in the first clerk memory section 24A in the random access memory 14.
  • the turnover data or transaction amount data read out from the first clerk memory section 24A is multiplied by the share percentage temporarily stored in the central processor unit 10, thereby obtaining the share of the first clerk A.
  • the thus obtained turnover or transaction amount registered by the first clerk A and the share of the first clerk A is printed out onto a read slip as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the read operation for the second clerk B and the third clerk C is conducted in the same manner.
  • the microprograms stored in the read only memory 12 are constructed to skip the share printout when the share percentage is zero (0) in order to expedite the read mode operation. It is clear from the foregoing that the clerk number is not limited to three.

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